Igor Paskar
- Criminal Code
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 8 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2023-05-31
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Krasnodar
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Томской области»
- Address for letters
- 636840, Томская область, г. Асино, ул. Мичурина, 7, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Томской области», Паскарь Игорь Константинович, 1976 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 12 September 2023
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Case summary
Resident of Volgograd. Has been convicted of theft and drug trafficking. According to unconfirmed information, he participated in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow in 2021. At the first session Paskar talked about torture after his detention. In February 2023, it was reported that the letters have not been passed on to Paskar in the pre-trial detention centre since the New Year. In March it emerged that that the letters were being passed again. On 31 May Paskar was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony. In the pre-trial detention centre Paskar has been beaten, presumably by the war veterans, with whom he was placed.
Others charged under Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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